Chelsea thread

reports circulating we have had a 22m pound bid for modric turned down. very excited by the prospect of him at the bridge

we kind of ease into the next prem campaign as we did the last one.

Stoke   away
WBA   home
Norwich   home
Sunderland   away

Stoke away to start the season will be tough but one would hope we will be up for it.

really cant wait. my new ivanovic shirt arrived and ive been watching the season review from our double winning campaign. getting excited already. still 7 weeks away

reports circulating that we are in the process of employing villas-boas to run the ship.

 luckyyy if you can get that done!

Soccernet's transfer blog has that Villas-Boas move (at 22.04).  OK, the scoop is from Facebook, but there was a lot of talk about him going to Stamford Bridge.

Assuming you do end up with Sir Bobby's disciple at the helm, it'll be hard not to cheer for Chelsea (with the exception of the obvious games ).  Good luck, Blues!

villas-boas has resigned from porto.

That's the best money you've spent in a while. Well done.

Brilliant!

lets hope he does as well as or better than the last chap we got from porto. wonder if any players will come over from porto this time around

FALCAO

 
yea thats who i had in mind

love that guy.

Moutinho and Falcao linked.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/transfer-news/Chelsea-Andre-Villas-Boas-80m-triple-signing-Neymar-Radamel-Falcao-Joao-Moutinho-article751146.html

Villas-Boas: Mourinho junior, the Football Manager player?

david_conn David Conn
Andre Villas-Boas must be looking forward to long, happy years, full backing of the patient owner, and chance to build a dynasty at #cfc

Sacked after 6 months.

well its awfully good to have him back at stamford bridge. lets hope hes ready

woohoo AVB signed on for 3 year contract

adorable, potbellied racists

...Hopefully the Arsenal '' Happy Chappie " will only last 3 months...he should have gone after your crap season.

Sums up Chelsea's approach perfectly.

+6

2003: Ranieri (sacked)
2004-07: Mourinho ('mutual consent')
2007-08: Grant (sacked)
2008: Scholari (sacked)
2008-09: Hiddink (one season contract)
2009-11: Ancelotti (sacked)

Circus of a club.

2003 being the start of Chelsea's history, of course.

It was so peacefull when the Arsenal mob got there own Forum, trouble is they have escaped!

The start of Chelsea's history must have coincided with the end of Arsenal's. Keep Wenger please. He is mental. The only trophies he ever won were with Rioch's team. When they retired Wenger became clueless.

..mmmmmm BUT WINNING LOTS

28th July...ASIAN CUP game live on sky...12.25am ....Chelsea v Kitchee [ who ] Blackburn v Aston Villa on the 27th.....winners/losers meet on the 31st ChopperHarris2011-07-02 20:07:26

You lot are having a right laugh trying to sign Modric. Even if you do, Levy will make you wait till the end of Aug and pay at least 35 million pound. Give it up.

quite looking forward to seeing some pre season games, seldom have the chance to do so.

also quite like the appointment of roberto di matteo as assistant. think it definitely helps get fans on side with the new coaching staff. time will tell though wether its the right choice

Essien out for six months after knee surgery.  Great start to the pre-season!

Scott Parker looks to be his replacement.??????...Essien was only very average last season when he did managed to play, sad for him though.

Haven't heard any Parker rumours but would love to have him back.  He was one of those players I was sorry to see leave and he's all class. 

its a real shame for essien, would have been good to see him start the season fresh and raring to go, especially given the fact ramires is busy at copa america. chopper is right though, essien, along with alot of the squad, did suffer from some poor form last season/

as for parker, im with JD on that, was sad to see him go, along with tiago and would welcome him back.

You lot see Bennys goal? cheeky lil bugger